| Algorithms in Structural Biology: Supplemental Materials

Computer Science 663
Algorithms in Structural Biology


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Assignments | Supplemental Materials | Some Relevant WWW Links

Molecular Visualization Software

  • Here are distributions of KiNG: Linux| Windows| Mac
    You may need to install Java before running KiNG.

  • Here are distributions of Pymol: Linux| Windows| Mac

  • Link to Kinemage Webpage to Download King
  • Instructions to Download and Install PyMOL

    Some other papers you may read

    1. Here is a useful bibliography of papers (and PDFs) in the area of this course.

    2. Whitepaper on Advanced Computational Structural Genomics (read the long version, not the "lite" version).
    3. Fast detection of common substructure in proteins, P. Chew, K. Kedem, J. Kleinberg, and D. Huttenlocher (RECOMB'99).
    4. Rick Lathrop Lab Other papers we may read include:
    5. Date: TBA
      • Presenting: TBA
        Protein Similarity
        Reading:
        • Protein Similarity from Knot Theory and Geometric Convolution
          CMU-CS-03-181 by Michael A. Erdmann
          J Comput Biol. 2005 Jul-Aug;12(6):609-37.

    Some Useful References for the Course

    Protein Science

    Biochemistry

    Cell Biology

    Hypertextbooks

  • BioComputing, for the VSNS-Biocomputing Division Course
  • Biology, developed by Shane Crotty, MIT
  • Course/Tutorial on Cell Biology, Mark Dalton, Cray Research
  • Principles of Biochemistry, Horton, Moran, Ochs, Rawn, Scrimgeour